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Are you brave enough to join us for a ghost tour at one of the regions most haunted locations?

Old Gundagai Gaol has a dark and daunting past that eerily calls out to the living to reveal its secrets.

Your ghost tour at Old Gundagai Gaol will include:

Access to the most haunted areas of the gaol…
Paranormal stories about the history and hauntings of the gaol
A chance to look around this beautiful, historic location

Past experiences:

Our logbook of data is growing each time we visit and you will hear all about it, but some experiences include:

A child being seen
Footsteps following people down the stairs in the residence
Voices crying out from cells & ghostly inmates seen in your peripheral
Paranormal equipment being activated in cells
Shadow figures being seen in the infirmary
People being touched, stroked and

These ghost hunts are run in agreement with the Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council.

HISTORY

Following the devastating 1852 flood, the town lock-up needed to be rebuilt as a watch-house or gaol. Alexander Dawson, the colonial architect, designed the building and Charles Hardy won the tender for it’s construction in 1859. Hardy and Hodson builders completed further additions in 1861, and in 1863 a kitchen was built for the gaol, designed by James Barner, the Government Architect. The magnificent stone boundary wall which still stands today was constructed in 1866.

The gaol consists of a cluster of structures including, The Gaolers residence, the external kitchen block, the hospital (original gaol), the gaol including exercise yard, an outhouse, outbuilding, a well and archaeological remains.

Prisoners with short-term sentences who had been sentenced at Gundagai or at courts in the surrounding district were incarcerated in the Gundagai Gaol. Prisoners, including bushrangers, who were in transit to other gaols were also accommodated there. Although no longer in use, Gundagai Gaol is one of the few remaining gaol compounds dating from 1859 and a rare and largely intact example of its type.

In 1870 the Gundagai Gaol was classed as a ‘lock-up’ or ‘proclaimed gaol’ and could accommodate from four to twenty prisoners. During this year the actual number of prisoners received included 4 debtors; 19 males and 2 females awaiting trial; 55 males and 3 females ‘in transit’; 11 males under sentence to labour; 7 males and 3 females sentenced to imprisonment; with none in solitary confinement. The greatest number received at one time totaled 9.

Gundagai Gaol was closed in the 1970’s and a holding cell was constructed at the Gundagai Police Station in Byron Street.

Please note: Because of the way the Old Gaol was constructed and the slope of the land, it is difficult to access for those with limited mobility. We are sorry for the inconvenience. There are stairways to navigate and uneven pathways.

These ghost tours are for all ages, but parental descretion is advised and all minors must be accompanied by an adult.

COVID-19 Safety during this ghost tour

As a condition of the booking process, guests are acknowledging that they will comply with NSW health orders during the ghost hunt.

Cleaning Protocols:

We take standards for hygiene and cleanliness very seriously and are taking steps to ensure the safety of our guests and staff. Our health and safety measures require a thorough cleansing of each area and piece of paranormal investigation equipment prior to its use.

What additional health and safety measures are you taking?

The health and safety of our guests and staff are our biggest priority. We continue to exercise caution with regards to our re-opening strategy to ensure it is in line with the most up-to-date government advice. We have been advanced in preparations to ensure guests and team members are in the safest possible environment. These measures include staff training, continued focus on cleaning protocols and capacity limitations.

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All payments are non-refundable and non-transferable.
When you make a booking with us it is entirely your responsibility to ensure that you are able to make the event date that you have booked, as APPI Ghost Hunts & Tours cannot offer a refund or transfer your places onto another event date if you or any of your party are unable to attend.
The reason for this is that all places are paid for in advance to our locations, which means we are still liable for these costs even if you cannot attend the event.

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